Bar Boulud Will Open at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park In May

It’s coming! Bar Boulud was set to open in Spring 2010 and, amazingly, it appears to be pretty much on schedule – Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park have just announced the big day will be in May. Not sure which day yet, but we’re hoping it’s sooner rather than later (FYI, people, late May would definitely not be classed as spring).

According to the hotel, it will have

French techniques applied to the finest ingredients will deliver a full bistro menu that will focus on wines from the Burgundy and Rhône Valley with an impressive selection available both by the glass and by the bottle.

The decor is going to be done by restaurant guru Adam D Tihany, who also did the Shangri-La Singapore, One & Only Cape Town and Boulud’s signature resto, Daniel in New York.

The website has some rather swish music going for it, although so far, that’s all there is to it. Hopefully they’ll start uploading details as the countdown continues.